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Mikawa T, Yoshida K, Kondoh H. Senotherapy preserves resilience in aging. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024. [PMID: 39098000 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Revised: 07/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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In aging societies, social and economic burdens of aging-related diseases are increasing significantly. Senotherapy, which targets aging by eliminating senescent cells (senolytics) or removing sources of chronic inflammation (senostatics), are proposed as novel strategies for aging-related diseases. Aged or frail people suffer a decline of tissue reserve capacity during aging. Resilience, which is much reduced in older people, is essential for recovery from diseases, stresses or crises. Impaired resilience is one of the reasons why aged people experience a gradual waning of their daily activity and an increase of multimorbidity. Calorie restriction results in senostatic alleviation of chronic inflammation, whereas senolytic drugs induce apoptosis of senescent cells, which exacerbate aging by excreting inflammatory factors. Thus, both senolytics and senostatics are expected to reduce sterile inflammation, originating from senescent cells. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; ••: ••-••.
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- Takumi Mikawa
- Geriatric Unit, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Geriatric Unit, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Shukla M, Amberson T, Heagele T, McNeill C, Adams L, Ndayishimiye K, Castner J. Tailoring Household Disaster Preparedness Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities: Nursing Implications from Machine Learning Importance Features from the 2018-2020 FEMA National Household Survey. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 21:521. [PMID: 38791736 PMCID: PMC11121406 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21050521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Tailored disaster preparedness interventions may be more effective and equitable, yet little is known about specific factors associated with disaster household preparedness for older adults and/or those with African American/Black identities. This study aims to ascertain differences in the importance features of machine learning models of household disaster preparedness for four groups to inform culturally tailored intervention recommendations for nursing practice. A machine learning model was developed and tested by combining data from the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Federal Emergency Management Agency National Household Survey. The primary outcome variable was a composite readiness score. A total of 252 variables from 15,048 participants were included. Over 10% of the sample self-identified as African American/Black and 30.3% reported being 65 years of age or older. Importance features varied regarding financial and insurance preparedness, information seeking and transportation between groups. These results reiterate the need for targeted interventions to support financial resilience and equitable resource access. Notably, older adults with Black racial identities were the only group where TV, TV news, and the Weather Channel was a priority feature for household disaster preparedness. Additionally, reliance on public transportation was most important among older adults with Black racial identities, highlighting priority needs for equity in disaster preparedness and policy.
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- Meghna Shukla
- College of Nursing, Wayne State University, 5557 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA;
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- Castner Incorporated, 1879 Whitehaven Road #150, Grand Island, NY 14072, USA (J.C.)
- Health Systems and Population Health School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Research, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, National Disaster Medical System, 200 Independence Ave., Washington, DC 20201, USA
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- Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, The City University of New York, 425 East 25th Street, Office 427W, New York, NY 10010, USA;
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- College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s, Suite 140C, 874 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38163, USA;
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- Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 298620, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA;
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- Castner Incorporated, 1879 Whitehaven Road #150, Grand Island, NY 14072, USA (J.C.)
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- Castner Incorporated, 1879 Whitehaven Road #150, Grand Island, NY 14072, USA (J.C.)
- Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 14222, USA
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Procentese F, Gatti F, Rochira A, Tzankova I, Di Napoli I, Albanesi C, Aresi G, Compare C, Fedi A, Gattino S, Guarino A, Marta E, Marzana D. The selective effect of lockdown experience on citizens' perspectives: A multilevel, multiple informant approach to personal and community resilience during COVID-19 pandemic. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 33:CASP2651. [PMID: 36249596 PMCID: PMC9538720 DOI: 10.1002/casp.2651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In the face of the first wave of COVID-19 contagion, citizens all over the world experienced concerns for their safety and health, as well as prolonged lockdowns - which brought about limitations but also unforeseen opportunities for personal growth. Broad variability in these psychological responses to such unprecedented experiences emerged. This study addresses this variability by investigating the role of personal and community resilience. Personal resilience, collective resilience, community disaster management ability, provided information by local authorities, and citizens' focus on COVID-19-related personal concerns and lockdown-related opportunities for personal growth were detected through an online questionnaire. Multilevel modelling was run with data from 3,745 Italian citizens. The potential of personal resilience as a driver for individuals to overcome adverse situations with positive outcomes was confirmed. Differently, the components of community resilience showed more complex paths, highlighting the need to pay more attention to its role in the face of far-reaching adverse events which hardly test individuals' as well as communities' adaptability and agency skills. The complexities linked to the multi-component and system-specific nature of resilience, as well as potential paths towards making the most out of citizens' and communities' ones, emerge. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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- Department of HumanitiesUniversity of Naples Federico IINaplesItaly
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- Department of History, Society and Human StudiesUniversity of SalentoLecceItaly
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of BolognaCesenaItaly
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- Psychology DepartmentUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreMilanItaly
- CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of LifeBresciaItaly
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Psychology DepartmentUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreMilanItaly
- CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of LifeBresciaItaly
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- Psychology DepartmentUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreMilanItaly
- CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of LifeBresciaItaly
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Harari TT, Sela Y, Bareket-Bojmel L. Gen Z during the COVID-19 crisis: a comparative analysis of the differences between Gen Z and Gen X in resilience, values and attitudes. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:1-10. [PMID: 35967492 PMCID: PMC9362676 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03501-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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In the current study we seek to examine the difference between Generation Z and Generation X in terms of coping with a global crisis (COVID-19), specifically regarding resilience in times of crisis, personal values and attitudes during that time. Based on the theory of generations, we aimed to explore whether different generations have different levels of resilience, values and attitudes during the global crisis. Data were gathered in a cross-sectional study; 958 participants participated, divided into two age-groups: 508 participants of Generation Z (ages ranged between 18-24; 53.9% males [Age: M = 21.05, SD = 1.96]; 46.1% females [Age: M = 21.14, SD = 1.83]), and 205 participants of Generation X (ages ranged between 40-50; 54.2% males [Age: M = 45.16, SD = 3.15]; 45.8% females [Age: M = 45.23, SD = 3.01]). It was found that members of Generation Z (Gen Z) were less resilient. Also, Gen Z members had higher levels of openness to change, and self-enhancement as compared to Generation X (Gen X). In addition, Gen Z were found to be more positive in their attitudes toward flexible learning but no differences between the generations were found as for flexible work. Both generation members had the similar attitudes towards online consumption. Despite the magnitude and significance of the crisis, the main values of each generation remained unchanged in many respects, but attitudes of both generations are positive towards hybrid work and consumption.
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- Tali Te’eni Harari
- School of Business Administration, Peres Academic Center, 10 Shimon Peres St, 7610202 Rehovot, Israel
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- The Research Center for Internet Psychology, Reichman University, 8 HaUniversita St, 4610101 Herzliya, Israel
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- School of Behavioral Sciences, Peres Academic Center, 10 Shimon Peres St, 7610202 Rehovot, Israel
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Cohen R, Slobodin O. An Authentic Inner Compass and Need Satisfaction as Wellbeing Resources in Bedouin Teaching Students During the COVID-19. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:870764. [PMID: 35873268 PMCID: PMC9301382 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.870764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A growing body of literature suggests that students from underserved backgrounds are more vulnerable to the adverse economic, emotional, and academic effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. While this vulnerability was attributed to multiple structural and socio-cultural barriers, little attention has been paid to the role of psychological resources in preserving wellbeing in times of crisis and change. Guided by the Self-Determination Theory (SDT), the current study examined the role of the authentic inner compass (AIC) and need-satisfaction in predicting the wellbeing of Bedouin students attending teachers' higher education institutes in the south of Israel during the COVID-19. Participants were 84 Bedouin teaching students (84.1% female) who completed online questionnaires addressing the sense of AIC, need-based experiences, psychological distress, and positive affect. Consistent with the propositions of the SDT, we found that a strong and clear sense of AIC, as well as high need satisfaction and low need frustration, were associated with lower distress and higher positive effect in Bedouin teaching students. We have also found that need satisfaction moderated the effect of the AIC on students' wellbeing so that AIC better predicted lower distress and higher positive effect when students' levels of need satisfaction were higher. Our findings lend further support to the importance of the AIC and need satisfaction to optimal functioning even in collectivist cultural contexts that do not prioritize values of autonomy. The current study provides insight into the interplay between AIC and need-based experience by describing the conditions under which AIC may be beneficial for wellbeing in times of crisis.
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- Rinat Cohen
- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
- Department of Education, Achva Academic College, Arugot, Israel
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- The Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Zhang J, Wang Y, Zhou M. Community resilience and psychological distress in Chinese older adults amid COVID-19: the roles of perceived community prevention effectiveness and risk perception. Aging Ment Health 2022; 26:1426-1435. [PMID: 34143946 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1935458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the world, bringing a disaster for not only public physical but also mental health. As older adults are more vulnerable than those in other age groups in this disaster, their psychological distress in this pandemic is of particular concern. Considering the importance of communities in combating the pandemic, we examined the role of a community in relieving older adults' psychological distress and the heterogeneous effect by older adults' different levels of risk perception.Method: We collected data through a questionnaire survey of 272 older adults in 12 communities in the Sichuan province of China in April 2020, and used the structural equation model to analyze the data.Results: we found that community resilience was negatively associated with older adults' psychological distress (depression, anxiety, stress), and this association was mediated by perceived community prevention effectiveness. However, this indirect effect was stronger for older adults with low risk perceptions than for ones with high risk perceptions (including self-risk perception and group-risk perception).Conclusion: These findings underlined a community's vital significance in alleviating older adults' psychological distress amid the COVID-19 pandemic and moreover indicated that tailored interventions for facilitating community pandemic prevention should be designed for older adults with different risk perceptions.
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- Jinfeng Zhang
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang J, Wang Y, Zhou M, Ke J. Community resilience and anxiety among Chinese older adults during COVID-19: The moderating role of trust in local government. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 32:411-422. [PMID: 34518753 PMCID: PMC8426948 DOI: 10.1002/casp.2563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has resulted in an enormous threat to public health, causing global panic, especially older adults suffering severe anxiety due to their vulnerability. With a questionnaire survey on 213 Chinese older adults in April 2020, we examined the role of community resilience in protecting older adults from anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, and simultaneously considered the moderating role of trust in local government. The results indicated that community resilience was negatively associated with older adults' anxiety, and this association was weakened for older adults with low trust in local government. This study has implications for intervention designs that combine resilient factors related to communities and local governments to relieve older adults' anxiety during the pandemic. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.
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- Jinfeng Zhang
- School of Public Policy and AdministrationChongqing UniversityChongqingChina
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- School of Public Policy and AdministrationChongqing UniversityChongqingChina
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of PsychologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina,Department of PsychologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of PsychologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina,Department of PsychologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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Shahar G, Aharonson-Daniel L, Greenberg D, Shalev H, Malone PS, Tendler A, Grotto I, Davidovitch N. Changes in General and Virus-Specific Anxiety During the Spread of COVID-19 in Israel: A 7-Wave Longitudinal Study. Am J Epidemiol 2022; 191:49-62. [PMID: 34397093 PMCID: PMC8436394 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We compared three hypothetical trajectories of change in both general and COVID-19-specific anxiety during the 1st wave of the spread in the state of Israel: panic (very high anxiety, either from the outset or rapidly increasing), complacency (stable and low anxiety), and threat-sensitive (a moderate, linear increase compatible with the increase in threat). A representative sample of 1018 Jewish-Israeli adults was recruited online. A baseline assessment commenced two days prior to the identification of the first case, followed by six weekly assessments. Latent Mixture Modeling analyses revealed the presence of the three trajectories: (1) "threat-sensitivity" (29% and 66%, for general and virus-specific anxiety, respectively), (2) Panic (12% and 25%), and (3) Complacency (29% and 9%). Only for general anxiety, a fourth class representing a stable mid-level anxiety was identified ("balanced": 30%). For general anxiety, females and the initially anxious - both generally and specifically from the spread of the virus - were more likely to belong to the panic class. Men and older participants were more likely to belong to the complacency class. Findings indicate a marked heterogeneity in anxiety responses to the first wave of the spread of COVID-19, including a large group evincing a "balanced" response.
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- Golan Shahar
- Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Correspondence to: Prof. Golan Shahar, Department of Psychology, Ph.D., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 800 Ben-Gurion Avenues, Beer-Sheva, Israel, emails: , or Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, M.D., Ph.D., School of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 800 Ben-Gurion Avenues, Beer-Sheva, Israel,
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Pediatrics Unit, Soroka General Hospital, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Psychiatry, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Farrés J, Ruiz JL, Mas JM, Arias L, Sarrias MR, Armengol C, Cardona PJ, Munoz-Moreno JA, Vilaplana M, Arranz B, Usall J, Serrano-Blanco A, Vilaplana C. Identification of the most vulnerable populations in the psychosocial sphere: a cross-sectional study conducted in Catalonia during the strict lockdown imposed against the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e052140. [PMID: 34836903 PMCID: PMC8628111 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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DESIGN AND OBJECTIVES A cross-sectional study to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the psychosocial sphere in both the general population and healthcare workers (HCWs). METHODS The study was conducted in Catalonia (Spain) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic when strict lockdown was in force. The study population included all people aged over 16 years who consented to participate in the study and completed the survey, in this case a 74-question questionnaire shared via social media using snowball sampling. A total of 56 656 completed survey questionnaires were obtained between 3 and 19 April 2020.The primary and secondary outcome measures included descriptive statistics for the non-psychological questions and the psychological impact of the pandemic, such as depression, anxiety, stress and post-traumatic stress disorder question scores. RESULTS A n early and markedly negative impact on family finances, fear of working with COVID-19 patients and ethical issues related to COVID-19 care among HCWs was observed. A total of seven target groups at higher risk of impaired mental health and which may therefore benefit from an intervention were identified, namely women, subjects aged less than 42 years, people with a care burden, socioeconomically deprived groups, people with unskilled or unqualified jobs, patients with COVID-19 and HCWs working with patients with COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS Active implementation of specific strategies to increase resilience and to prepare an adequate organisational response should be encouraged for the seven groups identified as high risk and susceptible to benefit from an intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04378452.
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- Experimental Tuberculosis Unit, UAB, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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- Innate Immunity Group, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
- Childhood Liver Oncology Group, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Experimental Tuberculosis Unit, UAB, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
- Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Fundació Lluita Contra la Sida, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- Facultat de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- CIBER de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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- Experimental Tuberculosis Unit, UAB, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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Chou RJ, Huang FT. Building Community Resilience via Developing Community Capital toward Sustainability: Experiences from a Hakka Settlement in Taiwan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18179012. [PMID: 34501601 PMCID: PMC8431497 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Developing community capital is widely viewed as a way to address community resilience-related issues toward sustainability. Based on a Taiwanese, peri-urban, Hakka settlement, this article presents findings on the practical factors in the development of community capital via farm-to-table and community care, and their implications for a resilient, healthy community. It shows that community capital arising from the pond farming, pond education, and community service systems can interact to support its diversity and linkability. The pond-based social network is identified as the key to mitigating the impacts of community challenges regarding food safety concerns, environmental degradation, and aging population. It argues that the pond-based food landscape, communal network, and a borderless campus can enhance community capital as well as play significant parts in achieving community sustainability by promoting residents' health and well-being.
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- Rung-Jiun Chou
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan;
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- Liberal Arts Center/Department of Nursing, Da-Yeh University, Changhua 51591, Taiwan
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Cooks T, Puzis R, Cohen O. Tissue resilience: lessons from social resilience: Social sciences research on community resilience could inspire biology to understand homeostasis. EMBO Rep 2021; 22:e52926. [PMID: 34288363 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202152926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Molecular biology could find inspiration from social sciences and ecology research on how communities remain resilient in times of crisis to better understand tissue homeostasis and resilience.
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- Tomer Cooks
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Software and Information System Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Nursing Department, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Igarashi H, Kurth ML, Lee HS, Choun S, Lee D, Aldwin CM. Resilience in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socioecological Approach. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2021; 77:e64-e69. [PMID: 33881504 PMCID: PMC8083195 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Objectives We examined sources of vulnerability and resilience among older adults early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We surveyed 235 respondents, 51–95 years old (M = 71.35; SD = 7.39; 74% female), including two open-ended questions concerning COVID-19-related difficulties and positive experiences during the past week. Using inductive coding, we found nine final codes for difficulties and 12 for positives and grouped them into socioecological levels: personal, interpersonal, and societal. Results Difficulties were reported by 94% of the sample, while 63% described positives. Difficulties and positive responses were made at all socioecological levels and illustrated a dialectic between personal level constraints and opportunities, interpersonal level social isolation and integration, and societal level outrage, sorrow, and social optimism. Discussion Respondents described sources of vulnerabilities and resilience that supported a socioecological approach to understanding resilience during this pandemic. A notable example was resilience derived from witnessing and contributing to community and social solidarity, highlighting the potential of older adults as resources to their communities during the global pandemic.
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McCleskey J, Gruda D. Risk-taking, resilience, and state anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A coming of (old) age story. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Klasa K, Galaitsi S, Wister A, Linkov I. System models for resilience in gerontology: application to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Geriatr 2021; 21:51. [PMID: 33446109 PMCID: PMC7807229 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-01965-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The care needs for aging adults are increasing burdens on health systems around the world. Efforts minimizing risk to improve quality of life and aging have proven moderately successful, but acute shocks and chronic stressors to an individual's systemic physical and cognitive functions may accelerate their inevitable degradations. A framework for resilience to the challenges associated with aging is required to complement on-going risk reduction policies, programs and interventions. Studies measuring resilience among the elderly at the individual level have not produced a standard methodology. Moreover, resilience measurements need to incorporate external structural and system-level factors that determine the resources that adults can access while recovering from aging-related adversities. We use the National Academies of Science conceptualization of resilience for natural disasters to frame resilience for aging adults. This enables development of a generalized theory of resilience for different individual and structural contexts and populations, including a specific application to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Katarzyna Klasa
- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA
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- United States Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, USA
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- Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
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- United States Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, USA
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Confidence in Health-Services Availability during Disasters and Emergency Situations-Does it Matter?-Lessons Learned from an Israeli Population Survey. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16193519. [PMID: 31547187 PMCID: PMC6801413 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16193519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The association between health and community resilience is well established in the literature. However, maintaining continuity of healthcare services during emergencies, and their contribution in the context of community resiliency have not been sufficiently studied. This study aims to explore the relationship between the public's confidence in the availability of healthcare services during and following emergencies, and community resilience. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 3478 Israeli adults, using the Conjoint Community Resilience Assessment Measurement (CCRAM) tool. Associations between confidence in health services availability during emergencies, socio-demographic variables, and community resilience as measured by the CCRAM score were analyzed. The results revealed that confidence in the availability of health services positively correlated with community resilience score (r(3377) = 0.580, p < 0.001), and that it contributed significantly to increasing resilience (OR = 2.67, 95% CI (2.4-2.9), p < 0.001). Maintaining continuity of healthcare services during emergencies has effects beyond the provision of medical treatment. For instance, the confidence of the population in the availability of these services contributes to community resilience. In turn, this finding can be translated into practical resilience building actions and to facilitate community health.
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Leyva EWA, Beaman A, Davidson PM. Health Impact of Climate Change in Older People: An Integrative Review and Implications for Nursing. J Nurs Scholarsh 2017; 49:670-678. [DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Erwin William A. Leyva
- Psi Beta , PhD Student, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD; USA and Assistant Professor, University of Philippines Manila; Philippines
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- Director for Planning & Strategic Initiatives, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD; USA and PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney; Australia
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- Professor & Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD; USA and Professor, University of Technology Sydney; Australia
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